Intro

Many organizations and individuals around the world have identified the need for research as a top priority to forward youth involvement, activism, action, and participation.  There is also a need to develop a comprehensive agenda that will guide students, researchers, professionals, and the foundations that fund them. Likewise, many youth organizations want to get connected, learn about other organizations, get resources, and find out about social change around the world.

Resources

The following resources are from around the world.  They are research organizations, publications, and websites that provide information about young people and social change. None of the following topics are independent of each other; each is simply categorized to give some inclination about what is available. 

Research on Young People in Society

• US Department of Health and Human Services - A categorical listing of federal government information, including reports, statistics and more.

Research on Young People, Civic Engagement, Citizenship, and Democracy

• CIRCLE - The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement

• Constitutional Rights Foundation

• National Alliance for Civic Education (NACE)

• Center for Civic Education

• Civic Engagement Research Group
  Civic Education Network
  Civic Education Project (CEP)

• Civic Practices Network (CPN)

• American Political Science Association

• University of California, Berkeley Center for Social Services Research

• The Center for Democracy and Citizenship

• National Center for Learning & Citizenship

• Civic Practices Network

• Eagleton Institute's Civic Engagement and Political Participation Program

• National Civic League

Research on Youth Development, Community Development, and Positive Youth Development

• Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development

• National 4-H Council

• Child Trends Incorporated
  Fragile Families and Child Well Being Study (Princeton University)

• University of Chicago, Chapin Hall Center for Children
  Wellesley College/National Institute for Out of School Time

• Search Institute

• Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development

Research on Young People, Social Justice, Community Building, and Governance

• State Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs)

• Social Policy Research Associates

• Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
  Corporation for National Service

• Urban Institute

• American Planning Association

• Project for Public Spaces - Teens as Community Builders

• Center for Research on Youth and Social Policy (CRYSP)

Research on Young People, Education, School Reform, and Learning

• High/Scope Educational Research Foundation

• National Academy of Sciences

• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

• National Service Learning Partnership

Research Compilation Websites

• The Freechild Project - Youth-Centered Participatory Action Research Resources

• CivNet

• SoundOut! - Research on Meaningful Student Involvement

• The Idealist

• Research and Resources from the U.K.

• National Service Learning Clearinghouse

• Youth Today ~ Youth Tomorrow

• Community - Youth - Environments @ University of Colorado

Publications

• Community Youth Development Journal

• Youth Today

• Growing up in Cities

• Public Achievement